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RESTITUTION OF A GLACIER INVERTS OUR ASSUMED PERSPECTIVE OF HUMANS AS THE CENTRE OF OUR ECOSYSTEM, MAKING US RETHINK OUR INTERDEPENDENCE WITH NON-HUMAN ENTITIES ON THE PLANET.
In a post-abundant Austria, natural entities have gained the status of a legal person. According to the „Declaration of Rights for Natural Entities”, issued by a future Austrian government, certain entities are entitled to certain rights, including the right to bring proceedings in front of court. The case exhibited tells the story of a melting glacier, which – represented by its guardian – claims restitution through civil forces in the form of a physical rebuilding. This Sisyphean task is expected to last for multiple generations, as an attempt to re-establish the injured entity’s dignity.
In a post-abundant Austria, natural entities have gained the status of a legal person. According to the „Declaration of Rights for Natural Entities”, issued by a future Austrian government, certain entities are entitled to certain rights, including the right to bring proceedings in front of court. The case exhibited tells the story of a melting glacier, which – represented by its guardian – claims restitution through civil forces in the form of a physical rebuilding. This Sisyphean task is expected to last for multiple generations, as an attempt to re-establish the injured entity’s dignity.
Visitors to the installation experienced an atmospheric soundscape featuring cracking sounds of a glacier occasionally disrupted by the noise of a siren. Reacting to this alarm, life-sized figures fulfilling their compensatory civil service – spraying water to replenish the melting glacier – appear on the translucent face of a monumental ice-like structure.
Soon on show at the BATB Beijing Art and Technology Biennale 2022 at CUBE Art Center, Beijing.
September 23, 2022 - January 31, 2023.
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"Restitution of A Glacier" was part of the Austrian Pavilion "After Abundance" at the London Design Biennale 2018 themed "Emotional State" and shown at Somerset House.
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2018
In collaboration with Carmen Farr, Felix Lenz, Ula Reutina
Catalogue of the exhibition After Abundance: Design Investigations, Edition Angewandte, Birkhäuser, 2019
Article in The New York Times: “Mind and Body Take Center Stage at This Year’s London Design Biennale” (September 3rd 2018, print issue September 4th)
Article in Biorama #55: “Nach dem Überfluss”, (p. 10-11) - June 14, 2018
Article on It´s Nice that: “Emotional States: why the theme for 2018's London Design Biennale is more important than ever”, July 18, 2018
Article in Kurier: “London Design Biennale: Ende des Überflusses: Der österreichische Beitrag betrachtet die Rolle von Design vor dem Hintergrund immer knapper werdender Rohstoffe.” April 19, 2018
Blogpost on artdaily.org: “Speculative installation is Austrian contribution for the London Design Biennale 2018” September 9, 2018
ORF Kulturmontag, April 23, 2018
Article on metropolismag: “Psychoanalyzing the 8 Best Pavilions of the London Design Biennale”
September 6, 2018
September 6, 2018